
Peter Rees
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Sold for £63,300 inc. premium
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Provenance
Sale including the contents of 17 Grove End Road, Hampton & Sons, London, 11 June 1913.
With The Fine Art Society, London.
The Irish News Collection (acquired from the above.)
Literature
Rudolph de Cordova, 'The panels in Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema's Hall', The Strand Magazine, Vol. XXIV, 1902, pp. 615-630, ill. p.625.
In the present work, Emily Williams has chosen to depict Alma-Tadema's studio seen up a flight of steps that lead into the brightly lit space. The studio, which was double-height and adorned with a shining aluminium-clad semi dome, was filled with numerous artefacts. Emily's depiction gives us a glimpse of the working practices of the Alma-Tadema; his watercolour An Old Story can be seen on the easel. Other objects are visible; the Japanese basket stool, and a replica of the Hercules bowl by the window.